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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1935
(County/ Correspondents Solicited)
NUMBER 37
COOLEY BEL EVES TOBACCO
OUTLOOK STILL FAVORABLE
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Says Average Of 22 Cents Would
Bring Income Approximat
ing The 1934 Total
f TOBACCO ASSOCIATION
HEARS REPRESENTATIVE
Fixing Opening Dates For Markets
?auiging From August 1st In Georgia
to August 26 For Eastern Caitolinp;
Clark Says Flajinagan Gracing Mea
sure "Useless"
White Sulpher Springs, W. Va., July
2 ? The United States Tobacco Asso
ciation was told tonight by Represen
tative Cooley (D-N. C.) that prospects
seem favorable for . a "reasonable in
come" this year for the tobacco farm
er a s well as for those who handle the
product of the soil.
Cooley, who represents one of North
Carolina's great tobacco-raising sec
tions .said there were several factors
which led to this conclusion, includ
ing "splendid co-operation" among the
growers which resulted in a reduced
crop last year, elimination of excess
supplies of certain types, and increased
world consumption of tobacco.
Opening Dates
The association named the market
ing dates for 1935 at its closing busi
ness session today and re-elected Its
officers, including W. T. Clark, of Wil
son, N. C.t president.
The first market opens August 1st
in Georgia, moves to South Carolina
on August 8; Eastern North Carolina.
August 26; the Middle Belt, Septem
ber 17; the Old Belt, Oct. 1, and the
Dark Virginia Belt, November 12.
The 200 delegates recorded them
selves as favoring a change in the
government's silver policy, which Wil
liam Holmes Davis, Norfolk, Va., ship
per, said is ruining efforts to win trade
in the Far East. By purchasing vast
amounts of silver and Increasing the
price, Davis said the government is
arousing a feeling of great resentment.
He estimated exports to China have
fallen off 80 per eent since the silver
program began.
A committee was appointed to con
fer with the government about the
problem, and another committee was
named to discuss with the administra
tion the inclusion of tobacco recipro
city agreements in treaties being ar
ranged with foreign countries.
Other officers named include J. O'
Brien, of Richmond, Va.f and James
S. Fickten, of Greenville, N. C? vice
presidents, and H. C. Moss Wilson, N.
C? secretary-treasurer.
New members named to the board
of governors were J. H. Cozart and N.
M. Sham, of Wilson. N. C.; Pemberton
penn, of Danville, Va; and B. B. Sugg,
of Greenville, N. C.
Greater Consumption
"Present Indications are that there
will be an increase of consumption in
the United States of approximately 20,
000,000 pounds during the year end
ing June 30, 1934," Representative
Cooley said, "and apparently consump
tion has been increased approximately
13,000,000 pounds in the United King
dom during the. same period ? making
an increase of 33,000,000 pounds In
these two countries during the year
now closing, or from 450,000,000 to
583.000.000 pounds."
Cooley said, however, gains in this
country and the United Kingdom part
^ ly had been offset by losses in other
? countries, particularly China.
He declared if the crop this year
should turn out to be 675,000,000 lbs.,
the total income from its sale if it
averaged around 22 cents a pound
would be approximately equal to . that
of last year.
"Coming from a tobacco-producing
state, my fondest hope for the tobacco
farmer is that he may be the recipient
of a price somewhere near the price
obtained for last year's crop," Cooley
said.
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Real Silk Products
^^hcrnges Agency
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Mrs'Eftle Massey/wh? has so faith
fully represented the manufacturers
of Real Sillj. hosiery here, has resigned
and Mrs. Sam R Whittfcn-h&s accept
ed the agency. Mrs. Whitten has ex
clusive sales contract for Roxboro and
Person county and will be glad to
serve the users of Real Silk.
MRS. JAMES VISITS HOME
Mrs. Robt. E. James and children?
Bob, Jr., Bettie and Billy returned to
Bethel, N. C. Sunday after a visit to
Mrs. James' parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Oeo. E. Harris. Mrs. James was form
^Serly Miss Mabel Harris.
The Roxboro Tobacco
Market Opens Oct. 1
The Roxboro Tobacco Market
. will open on Tuesday, October 1,
for the sale of the 1935 tobacco
crop. We can make this the big
gest year in the history of this
market if we will but pay atten
tion to facts and figures such as
the Roxboro Market was right at
the top in 1934 in averages.
Pour warehouses will be open for
the sale of this year's crop. All of
them will be operated by A-l ware
housemen with years of experience
in getting the top price for the to
bacco producer.
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City Ice Truck Burns
In Holiday Blaze
Caught Fire In Front Drivers'
Home. Origin Unknown
Everything had settled down to the
peaceful celebration of a quiet Fourth
of July. It is reported that Fireman
Walker was in the midst of his morn
ings' shave. And then it happened. The
bomb exploded; ? or at least the flre
alarm went off, and the whole town
was agog.
The lire truck cime tearing through
the streets with firemen and would-be
firemen clinging to any available hook
or foothold. They arrived at the scene
of the flre over in East Roxboro and
found a truck of the City Ice Company
?peacefully blazing away.
The truck was parked in front of
the house of Mr. Henry Monday, who
operates it, and it is thought that it
became ignited when some gas came
in contact with a spark from the mo
tor. No ice was in the truck at the
time.
The firemen did a quick Job of put
ting out the blaze, saving the chassis,
tires, and body of Uie truck, although
the motor is thought to be damaged
considerably.
The Fire Department sounded the
"All's Well" signal and once more the
town settled down to enjoy a quiet
Fourth.
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East Roxboro Man I
Dies Of Paralytic
Stroke Wednesday!
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Mr. Neal Carver Passes Short j
While After Being Stricken.
Funeral Tomorrow
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Mr. Neal Carver, 49, and for many !
years a resident of East Roxboro, died j
at his home there yesterday afternoon
at 1:30 o'clock, about one hom- and a
half after he had been stricken with'
a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Carver, though j
his health had not been good lor some
years, was apparently as well as usual
just a short time before he was strick
en. He had been engaged in some work
around the house and had stopped pre
patory to having lunch when he was
taken ill* He sank rapidly, the end
coming at 1:30.
Mr. Carver is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Lula L. Carver, three brothers.
John, Ed, and Whitey Carver, and one
sister, Mrs. Charlie Morris. There were
no children.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the home Friday, afternoon at
3:00 o'clock with Rev. B. E. Kelly, pas
tor of Grace Methodist Chufch and
Rev. W. F. West, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, in charge. He will be
buried in Burchwood Cemetery.
Mr. Carver was a former employee
of the Roxboro Cotton Miys. but in
recent years hi$ health had not per
mitted him to' engage in any kind of
regular employment.
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Judge Pass Able
To Be Out Again
?Ae many friends, and they are le- 1
gk>n."wili be. glad to know that -Judge
J. C. Pass, who has been confined to
his home for the past six months, has
sufficiently recovered to be able to be
down town. Judge Pass is not only one
of the most popular, but is also one
of Roxboro's most progressive citizens,
and. has been much missed in tl* bus
iness life of the towtu. , , f
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Recreation Center
For Roxboro Is Part
Of Sum'er Program
Plans Are In No Wise Complete
But They Are In Formula
tive Stage
A recreation center for Roxboro, a
dream that has gone unanswered by
no telling how many people for how
<nany generations, seems to Jt>e loom
ing on the horizon. The latest dream
f.hat was had was the ill-fated swim
ming pool.
But now, under the new $4,000,000,
000 relief fund, as it has been ruled
by the Washington office that the
greater portion of this must be spent
for labor, Roxboro may be able to get
her recreation center. It has been
pointed out time and time again that
towns no larger than Roxboro, indeed
some not even as large, have nice
partes where the citizenry may go and
swim, play ball, golf, or just sit and
enjoy themselves. But there is no such
place here.
Plans are being formulated through
the Chamber of Commerce to see what
can be done about the matter of get
ting a grant from the Works Welief
Fund for the purpose of putting up
such a center. The Secretary has con
tacted Dr. H. O. Baity, State Super
visor, and application blanks for loans
are here.
The Relief Fund will give forty-five
per cent as a direct grant and lend
fifty-five per cent on easy terms for
projects of this nature. It is not known
what action will be taken.
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All-Member Meeting
Of Chamber Of Com
merce Called Friday
Meeting Will Be Held In Court House
At 8:00 P. M.
An all-member meeting of the Rox
boro Chamber of Commerce has been
called for Friday night, July 5 and
will be held in the Court House at
8:00 o'clock.
All members are urged to be present
at this meeting. It is thought that
there will be some things to come up
that will be of interest to all
Mr. Hugh Sawyer, Secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, has several pro
jects in hand and other things that
the entire, membership will be inter
ested in hearing discussed.
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RETURN FROM WISCONSIN
Messrs. B. B. Knight, J. E. Daniel,
O. C. Davidson, B. B. Knight, Jr. and
Alden Rogers returned Tuesday morn
ing from Woodruff, Wis . where they
spent the past two weeks. Mr. Knight
attended a school for insurance agents
while away.
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INSTITUTE POSTPONED
The Public Welfare Institute, sched
uled to be held in Chapel Hill from
July 8th through July 12th, has been
Dcstponed in accordance with safety
measures urged by the State Board of
Health.
TWO MORE
COUNTIES WET
Two more Eastern North Caro
lina counties. Craven and New
Hanover , went wet by sweeping
majorities yesterday. New Hanover
however, cannot open up liquor
stores as the authorities were en
Joined by Judge J. Paul Frizzelle.
They have appealed to the Su
preme Court.
The vote in Craven, with one
small precinct missing, was 2,237
for liquor stores, 553 afeainst ? a
better than four to one victory for
the wets. Only two precincts in
the entire county went dry.
The vote in New Hanover was
5,403 for liquor, 758 against. How
ever, the New Hanover wets were
"voting against" a registration of
7,192, necessitating 3,596 to win.
8o far every county which has
voted on liquor since the Legisla
ture made It possible for 19 coun
ties to get legal- liquor has gone
wet. '
The counties thai, have voted are
Edgecombe, Wi 1 s o n, Beaufort,
.. Vance, New Hanover and Craven.
In Franklin the election was en
joined as well as the opening of
storey. t
Nine additional counties, Pas
quotank, Martin, Halifax, Carteret.
Onslow, Pitt, Lenoir, Warred and
Nash are scheduled to vote on the
question Saturday.
Achieve Sensational " Artificial Heart
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NEW YORK . . , The development of an "artificial heart" and a man 'made
"blood stream" which enables science to keep vital organs of man alive
and functioning outside the body, is hailed as the most sensational in the
annals of medicine. The two men who achieved this triumph are Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, America's ace airman, above left, who invented the
pump and Dr. Alexis Carrel, above right, Nobel Prize winner, the medical
expert.
Wilson Opens First Liquor Store
In North Carolina In 26 Years
Opening Day's Sales Of 825
Bottles To 675 Customers
Bring $1,000.79
DRYS MAKE NO MOVE
TO BLOCK OPENING
No Rtish To Buy, No Disorder Report
ed; State Gets Only Sales Tax On
Business
Wilson, July 2? Legal liquor? legal,
at least, until the Supreme Court de
cides between conflicting opinions from
the Superior Court bench? came quiet
ly back to North Carolina today.
R. L. Perry of Raleigh, who was the
first customer of the first Wilson Co.,
liquor store when it started business
at 11:05 o'clock this morning, was also
the first man in North Carolina to
make a legal, over-the-counter pur
chase of whiskey since January 1, 1909,
Wiley Bunn of Wilson, customer No.
2, took the honors as to gin.
The opening of the store, where
a limited stock qf less expensive brands
was available for purchases of from a
pint to all the customer could pay
for, created little more attention than
the opening of another grocery.
No Opening Rush
. Business was good ? 675 customers
paying $1,003.79 for 825 bottles during
the first business day ? but at no time
was there a rush necessitating the for
mation of long lines which some had
predicted. Frequently fthe customers'
side of the single counter was crowd
ed, causing the poorly ventilated store
to steam -like a laundry, but the ma
jority of those inside were looking over
the posted list of prices or looking for
excitement which was not there to be
found.
There was not an arrest for drunk
enness by either police or sheriff's men
during the day. No crowds, no disorder,
no whoopee. Wilsonians greeted legal
liquor with little if any more comment
than they did the sales tax.
Purchasers did not find the new
"legal" liquor cheaper than short pints
and Jars of corn and so-called moon
shine rye at current bootleg quotations.
There were quite a few in the store
who found the prices disappointing
ly high, although they are approxi
mately the same as in Virginia and
considerably lower than in Maryland,
South Carolina and the District of
Columbia. Moreover, old-timers said
legal liquor cost as much or more back
in 1908.
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Employers Urged To
Use Re-employment
Office Service
Any Arm or person who needs help,
skilled or unskilled, are asked to use
the services of the Re-Employment Of
fice. This office, located on the third
floor of the court house, is in charge
of Mr. Kenneth H. Oakley, and should
you need either a skilled or an un
skilled laborer Just step to the tele
phone! and cS&U him. He will be glad
to accommodate you, if he cam.
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? CAN SAVE- ENERGY
Montclair, N. J? rThe average house
wife could save 33 per efent of her ener
gy if she became motion-minded, ac
cording to Dr. Lillian M. Gilberth,
consulting engineer, who has studied
the unnecessary steps that most wo
men take around the house.
Castle Assumes
Duties As City
Night Policeman
Resident Of Jakmjr Takes Over Duties
On July 1st
Mr. J. N. Castle, for many years a
resident of Jalong and a policeman for
the village, took over the duties of
Night Officer for the town of Rox
boro on Monday, July 1. Mr. Castle
has had much experience in this work
and will undoubtedly prove a valuable
assistant to Chief Oliver in . protecting
the affairs of the town.
< Mr. Castle took over from Mr. G. W.
Pulliam resigned, whose resign&tion
took effect at the end of the month of
June.
The town officers will have additional
duties as the City Dads have decreed
that there shall a stringent enforce
ment of the fifteen minute parking law
on Main street in thfe business dis
trict, that speeding and reckless driv
ing not be tolerated and that the space
in front of Hotel Roxboro be reserved
for the use of patrons of the hotel.
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R. B. Woody's Store
Looted Tues. Night
By Unmask'd Bandit
Cash Register Rifled As Mrs.
Woody Is Held At Bay
With A Gun
A bold, unmasked and unidentified
bandit entered the store of Mr. R.
B. Woody about dusky dark Tuesday
evening and rifled the cash register
of about twenty-five dollars while he
held Mrs. R. B. Woody at bay with a
gun. Mrs. Woody was alone in the
store at the time.
Mrs. Woody, recounting the experi
ence, said that she was alone in the
store between 7:30 and 8:00 o'clock
Tuesday evening when a stranger en
tered and called for a package of cig
arettes. She got' them fronj the com
partment where they were usually
kept, and when she turned to hand
them to her customer, he had a gun
in his hand, telling her to stand back
while he looted the cash register. There
was about twenty-five dollars in it at
the time and the thief took it all.
Nothing else in the store was touched,
nor did the man take time to get his
package of cigarettes. After rifling the
cash drawer the bandit backed out of
the front door, jumped into his car
and fled. It is thought that he went
toward South Boston, Va. Neither the
car nor the driver was identified.
Mr. Woody operates his store at the
old Woody home place which is Just
across the state line in Virginia on the
Roxboro-South Boston highway.
At,-this wrjtjing no trace the rob
ber has been found. ' '
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RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
Mrs. W. ^ Morrell who has been
receiving treatment at Memorial hos
pital in Richmond, Va. has returned
home. She is reported to ba rmich im
proved.
President Urges
Action To Speed
Relief Projects
Seeks To Secure Larger Local
Contributions To Works
Relief Enterprises
PLACES ICKES AGAIN
I IN RELIEF SPOTLIGHT
Chief Executive Vigorously Denies That
Old CWA Procedure Is Being Reviv
ed; Most Of Large Projects To Be
Handled By Ickes, Smaller Ones By
Hopkins. _
Washington, July 3 ? A last-minute
overhaul of work relief machinery, ap
parently intended to promote bigger
local contributions, answer critics of
"another CWA" and put more of the
spotlight on Secretary Ickes, today was
ordered by President Roosevelt.
His "classification" of public works
and works progress projects, which vir
tually eliminated the duties of Prank
C. Walker's applications division was
reported authoritatively to have been
forced by the general belief of states
and communities that they could get
better terms from Harry L. Hopkins
than from Ickes.
The order, signed by the work relief
triumvirate as well as by the president,
routed most applications for projects
costing $25,000 or more, as well as low
cost housing and loan applications, to
PWA. Hopkins' agency will receive ap
plications for white collar work, less
expensive construction projects, and
those which, though costing more than
$25,000, are adapted to unskilled labor.
As To Jurisdiction
This change, however, only decided
the question of original jurisdiction.
The order said applications rejected
by PWA "shall be submitted immedi
ately to the Works Progress Adminis
tration."
Hopkins later said the works progress
| programs for the remaining 45 states,
would be approved by August 1. To
prevent projects "getting lost," he said
PWA would be required to rule on
them within 30 days after applications
were filed.
Acknowledging that his own agency
had not created any Jobs, Hopkins in
sisted that other departments already
had begun to put people to work. Half
of his own program, he disclosed, will
consist of projects already begun by
the relief administration.
In general, Hopkins explained the
shift in machinery taken after the
$4,000,000 program had entered the
"make or break" stage by saying it
was to increase "coordination." Other
officials recalled the recent decision that
the work relief fund would supply
only 45 per cent of the co6t of non
federal PWA projects.
?nils decision, taken to bring them
within the $1,143 average available in
federal money for each Job created, left
most states and cities with the neces
sity for raising the remaining 55 per
cent. Although some will receive loans
from PWA's revolving fund, this was
knoiwhHb be inadequate to match the
entirj? $900,000,000 authorized as grants.
New Shell Station
Nearing Completion
Building- Wftl Be Ready For Occupancy
By The End Of This Week
The re-modeling of the front of the
Winstead Warehouse that has been
In process for the past month Is near
ing completion. Hie contractor will
have completed his work by the end
of the week and the building will be
ready for occupancy .
The Person Oil Company, Shell dis
tributors for this district, have leased
the front of the building for a service
station and all indications point to a
modern structure. It is reported that
the station will be operated by Messrs.
Thomas and Stephen Glenn, sons of
Mr. I. G. Glenn and both wide-awake
young men. They will handle Shell
products.
It is thought that the building will
be occupied Just as soon as things can
be put in shape after the contractor
finishes the alterations.
The Warehouse proper will be used
for the sale of leaf tobacco this fall,
just as in the pest.
BIRTH OF A CHILD
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Durham an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Bar
bara Craddock. on Thursday, June 28.
Mother and child reported to be do
ing nicely.
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YOU CAN
The United States cant be sued with
out its consent, but you can get a
bonus or something if you yell loud
enough. ? Springfield Union.